A third problem is time. The swab, or polymerase chain reaction test has to be sent to a lab and takes a few hours to process. Nine out of 10 people who attend one of the drive-in centres get their result back within 24 hours. But it's not yet a while-you-wait service.Some fast-turnaround swab tests are being trialled, which would be a big step forward.Imagine if all you had to do was spit into a tube to find out if you have coronavirus.
More than 10,000 GP and other key workers and their families in the city are involved in the project.University of Southampton, who is helping to co-ordinate the trial"The salivary glands are the first place in the body that the virus infects. It seems people become positive in their saliva before the rest of their breathing tubes.
This is where things get interesting. If the pilot trial goes well, the entire city of Southampton, more than 250,000 people, could be offered weekly saliva tests.
Noooo
Dear BBC yes i would if you think i should ,wouldnt that be a bit unhygenic and dangerous for other passengers
Just £5 guys inbox me, I’ll do yours for ya, so you may keep avoiding capture for your previous unsolved crimes 😂
Giving away DNA! How dumb are those comments. Why would anyone want the DNA of someone with the intelligence of amoeba.
I'd spit in my nanas dinner if it ended the pandemic.
If I can get yearly pap smears, then this seems minor.
Bet the same people who are fearful about their DNA being “stolen” are the ones that don’t want to wear a mask because it infringes their freedom 🤷♀️
I’d spit on my gravestone for sure to stop this plague.
I’d spit on Boris Johnson...
Does BBC News only ask stupid rhetorical questions?
Ask me a proper question. Of course I would.
Yes. The swab test is very uncomfortable, I know cos I’ve had one .
I've seen it all now 🤦♀️, everything is opening including live events etc, and everything will be back to normal from at least November! I admit I'm not the sharpest tool in the box but seriously when they know the 2nd wave is coming which they already knew!! Its all in the plan
For sure
How many is ‘fewer than one in four’? How do you count part of a person in terms of whether someone has symptoms or not? Or do you mean one in three? I’m confused.
We all know that they'll be some tiny-cocked, Brexit voting, BLM hating, mask-refusing, Tory apologist pipe ends who'll refuse to spit in a tube.
Yes I bloody would
Yep.
You can't get ppl to wear face mask now you talking about spitting in a tube. Get a grip.
I would spit in a tube every minute for a month if that somehow didn't require convincing thousands ofidiots to behave reasonably anyway.
There is no test for COVID19 but because the BBC health coverage is sponsored by globalists it cannot reveal the truth.
Yes if it helps to control and get rid of Coronavirus
Any need for a picture 😂😂
I'd do it every day if I thought It'd save someone's life.
I NEVER WANT TO SEE THIS GRAPHIC AGAIN 🤮
Central line maybe...
Yes
Yes
Who is responsible for these graphics? 😯
I could put a picture of Boris on the bottom, that would help. 😁
yes
If it had either 10DowningStreet or MattHancock s face on it
There are some strange people in the world. I cannot see a single reason for refusing to provide a spit sample if it helps to control this virus. Anyone can have my DNA. I don’t care.
I’m not sure TfL would be very happy with this approach AT ALL.
Yes!
No spitting on public transports disgusting although I must admit to letting of the odd silent fart just before I got off.
Sure, there’s not much else to do.
Confirmed, BBC news have a spit kink
When can I start?
Yes
A better question would be, why not?
I have spat in worse!
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Absolutely
I'd poo on stick or spit in a tube every day to end Coronavirus...😂😂🤣🤣🤣
I would shave my legs with a cheese grater if I thought it would help end the pandemic 😂
Yes
Don’t talk wet. It’s a version of the flu virus, and all but gone. Stop printing rubbish.
Look at all the CLUELESS/KNOWLEDGELESS BROWN NOSED GOVERNMENT SHEEP being GOOD LITTLE OBEDIENT ZOMBIES & following even more GOVERNMENT BULLOCKS! 😂😂😂
No
DNA should be taken from birth and put on a database to solve crimes at a later date.
Nope! They're not testing my spit! Or my blood or giving me any USELESS vaccine!
Yes I would
I very much doubt it.
COBBLERS
Yes I would they failed recently giving me a throat COVID swab as I kept gagging.
'Would you spit in a tube every week to end the coronavirus PANIC?'. There you go, fixed it for you. You're welcome. The answer's still no.
What about those who prefer to swallow?
Should have known better than to look at the answers 🤦♀️
Anyone who says no is a c*nt.
Yes
Till now only the posh people get it. Normal working people are again forgotten
Someone, somewhere, is getting sexual gratification from that photo. Yuck.
Yes
Yes
Yes
No. It's not the black death. Its claimed a tiny minority of the population. Time to move on.
Feck off Big Brother!
No.
If there is a new virus, then you will never end it. Scamdemic
MY SPIT IS RESERVED FOR THE PAVEMENT, AND MY MISSUS' VAGINA AND BACKSIDE. SO, NO THANK YOU.
I would do it everyday to end this crap
At this stage I would be great if the WHO just said 'sorry it's all been one giant cock up, go back to your normal lives and pretend nothing happened'
Stay at home for months to end the pandemic, social distance forever to end the pandemic, get tested to end the pandemic, give your details to everyone to end the pandemic, download an app to end the pandemic, wear a mask forever to end the pandemic, now spit. It’s over.
The hoax is over
spitting in a tube will the POLICE have ACCESS? with regard to Class A s ? with regard to Class B s ?
Of course
How about I spit in Johnson's face every week, would that help?
Don’t spit swallow
If the tube had a picture of Farage or Johnson at the bottom COVID__19
Pandemic..... Lol
I think this is the very least we can do to help protect millions of people from COVID19.
Coronavirus? FFS we have seasonal Coronavirus illnesses every year. Those with weakened immunity suffering the most. What the hell is.yhe miss-information bull being pumped out by the BBC.
Yes
Of COURSE the anti-mask brigade have something to say about this...
Will the passengers not mind?
How can I if I've got a mask on?
Yes
Ha I wonder who got commissioned for the image of someone spitting
I wouldn't spit on you if you were on fire.
Hell, I would pee on Donald Trump if I had to, but didn't someone already do that🤔😉
If spitting into a tube once a week would contribute to the end of the pandemic, why not? It would take probably a quarter of a second. And no, I'm sure it isn't the 'elites' trying to steal my DNA and track me or turn me into a chemical weapon
Of course!
Yes!
Nope
If it is an easy way to identify people who have it then why wouldn’t you?
I'd rather do that than stab my tonsils weekly (gag)
Before or after someone is totally pissed?
This picture will haunt me for years to come. Thanks BBC 😂
i thought this was something else at first. i would spit in a tube thanks for asking 3
Sure, no problem.
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